# Escaped Chasm on Linux

From 2019-08-19

I want to play
**[Escaped Chasm](https://tuyoki.itch.io/escaped-chasm)**
and, before I drop to one of the
old Windows 10 installs on one of my laptops, I want
to see what's involved in getting it running on
Linux. Turns out it's super easy and the answer
to running it is not WINE, it's Node.js:

## tl;dr

```bash
# install node 10.0.0 or greater, i like nvm for this
nvm install 10
nvm use 10
cd <path to unzipped folder with Escaped Chasm.exe>
# install NW.js globally
npm i -g nw
cd www
# somewhere in the game a capital-F Fonts is used
# but we're on a case sensitive filesystem, so...
ln -sf fonts Fonts
cd ..

# run the game
nw .
```
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_(if you use this approach, install [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm).)_

It looks like whatever version of **RPG Maker**
Temmie used to export the game uses [NW.js](https://nwjs.io/) to make
a cross-platform export _(and exports the game code to
JavaScript? I don't know anything about RPG
Maker code internals, maybe it's all JS under the hood)_.
This may even work for other
non-Linux released RPG Maker games, though I haven't
tested. But I think if you see a `package.json` file
and an `nw.dll` file in the root of the game,
then it's likely this method will work.